A digital publication from the J. Willard Marriott Library

Higher Education

28 Jul

Posted at 14:57h in Active Directory, Administration, Automation, Bash, Documentation, Duo Security, Enterprise, GitHub, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf Pro Server, Mac, Management, Microsoft, Microsoft Outlook, Mobile Device Management, Programming, Skype for Business on Mac, system administration by
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Overview Recently, our institution implemented Microsoft Modern Authentication to enable security controls that the university can implement to reduce the risk of compromised credentials with two-factor authentication for any service that contains sensitive, restricted data or otherwise. Modern Authentication enables Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) based sign-in...

09 Jul

Posted at 11:48h in Administration, Apple, Documentation, Enterprise, Event, Higher Education, Information Technology, iOS, Mac, Management, Meeting, Security, system administration by
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Here are some upcoming Apple virtual sessions along with IT-related WWDC 2020 information that might be of interest to those administrating & integrating Apple technology. Security Briefing - Apple Tech Update for Education Join Apple for an executive overview of Apple security and privacy for macOS led...

12 Jun

Posted at 09:56h in Administration, Apple, Documentation, Electron, Enterprise, Event, GitHub, Google Chrome, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf Pro Server, Mac, Management, Meeting, Microsoft, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Programming, Security, system administration by
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June 17th, 2020 - University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting The University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting is held monthly at the Marriott Library on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11 AM Mountain Time. Presentations cover Apple technology and integration in a heterogeneous university enterprise environment. This month's meeting will...

18 May

Posted at 15:45h in Automation, Automation, Container, Documentation, Higher Education, Information Technology, Mac, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, macOS Sierra (Version 10.12), Management, Objective-C, objective-c, OS X, pyobjc, Python, python, Scripts, Security, Swift, Uncategorized by
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APP PLAYPEN - PYTHON WITH XCODE UI   What is App Playpen? App Playpen is designed to be used as a convenient automation tool for building a disk image launcher in which to place an application with exceptional requirements beyond an average application. The outputted launcher application limits modifications...

07 May

Posted at 15:53h in Administration, Container, Documentation, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Mac, Management, Python, Security, system administration by
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We have posted to our GitHub repository, App Playpen. App Playpen is a python GUI application that provides a framework & automation to secure macOS applications with exceptional requirements. We have developed a methodology of managing enterprise and/or shared environment unfriendly applications that have evolved...

29 Apr

Posted at 14:02h in Administration, Apple, Automation, Documentation, Enterprise, GitHub, Google Chrome, Higher Education, Information Technology, Mac, Python, system administration by
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We have implemented multiple forms of kiosks throughout the years at the Marriott Library or other locations on campus that we support. Initially, we implemented web kiosks that provided anonymous users at the Marriott Library quick access to limited library & campus resources like the...

13 Feb

Posted at 22:45h in Administration, Apple, Automation, Bash, Documentation, Enterprise, Event, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Jamf Pro Server, Java, Mac, Management, Meeting, Programming, Security, system administration, Vunerability by
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February 19th, 2020 - University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting The University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting is held monthly at the Marriott Library on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11 AM Mountain Time. Presentations cover Apple technology and integration in a heterogeneous university enterprise environment. This month's meeting will...

25 Jan

Posted at 21:51h in Administration, Automation, Documentation, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Jamf Admin, Jamf Pro Server, Mac, Munki, Programming, Python by
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Overview Firmware Password Manager is a Python script to help MacAdmin programmatically manage the firmware passwords of their Mac systems. The firmware password is one of the three interlocking methods used to secure Mac systems. The other two are: using strong passwords (and password policy) on...

24 Jan

Posted at 15:40h in Administration, Automation, Charles, Documentation, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Jamf Admin, JAMF Distribution Server, Jamf Pro Server, Mac, system administration by
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Overview If you are using Jamf Pro to manage your macOS client systems, the "default" option to upload, delete & modify properties of software installer packages & disk images, printer configurations, dock items, directory bindings, and scripts to your Jamf Pro infrastructure is using the native...